Friday, August 15, 2008
Finally...
After spending over a year working on the same monologue and using it at auditions and workshops, I finally did it the way I've always wanted. I could finally make the audience laugh and I loved how that reaction led me to the most sincere dramatic performance I've ever experienced. It's incredible how the feedback feeds me sooo much.
So after a not so productive day, I'm glad I went to this amazing Casting Director workshop with Gina Gallego, who works with Randi Hiller. She is the most energetic person I've ever met in this kind of environment and gives great tips to make our work better. That's actually one of the reasons why I felt so good about my monologue: not only I believed that my choices finally worked but, most importantly, she made me see that there is still a lot to be done. And I'm excited to keep working on this piece.
I had worked on it with some different people, I had tried to do it as a comedy, then as a drama, I got caught in line readings for a long time, then I tried to incorporate what I learned at Nick Anderson's workshops and I finally just think that my life is allowing me to really live it.
When the monologue's story hadn't happened to me, I guess I was just too scared of really imagining it and going there. Then it happened and it was just way too hard to go there. Now that I've been thru the most difficult part and that my private life expectations are more positive, I just use my old feelings without fear.
It hurts for a little bit, but when you realize you can control that pain in order to use it only when you need it, it feels really good.
That's what acting is about, right?
posted by Ana @ 3:34 AM
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August 15, 2008 12:08 PM ,
Sassy Mohen said...
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yes yes it is!!
Congrats on getting it right!! Must be a fantastic feeling of work and pay off! It's so hard to get things the way you want. I wanna hear what critiques they had to say about it!!
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